Interview with Richard Lee Newman: clip: Diagrams a convoy and explains how ships avoided colliding; high-risk maneuvering, especially at night, when there were no lights; coordinating signals among the ships; graduated in 1943 in first class of Merchant Marine Academy; argues for necessity of the Academy and a government-supported Merchant Marine.

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Richard Lee Newman - Interview with Richard Lee Newman: clip: Diagrams a convoy and explains how ships avoided colliding; high-risk maneuvering, especially at night, when there were no lights; coordinating signals among the ships; graduated in 1943 in first class of Merchant Marine Academy; argues for necessity of the Academy and a government-supported Merchant Marine.
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